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Category: Crime & Security
Crime & Security News
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NDLEA UNCOVERS AMMUNITION STASHED IN GARRI.
Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have seized military ammunition and thousands of tramadol tablets in two separate operations targeting drug concealment. The agency said the ammunition was…
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TROOPS NAB SUSPECTED ARMS DEALER IN KATSINA.
Troops of 17 Brigade, operating under Operation FANSAN YANMA, have arrested a suspected gunrunner believed to be supplying weapons to several terrorist commanders in the North-West. The suspect, 25-year-old Saidu…
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NAVAL OUTPOST HANDS OVER FIVE SUSPECTS TO DSS IN ANAMBRA OVER ALLEGED IPOB, ESN LINKS
The Nigerian Navy has transferred five individuals to the Department of State Services in Anambra State for further investigation into alleged ties with the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and…
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BLESSING CEO REMANDED OVER ALLEGED N36M REAL ESTATE FRAUD.
Social media influencer and relationship therapist Blessing Okoro, popularly known as Blessing CEO, has been remanded in EFCC custody after her arraignment at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi on…
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RIVERS POLICE DISMISS 5 INSPECTORS FOR RUNNING ARMED ROBBERY AND EXTORTION RACKET.
The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed five inspectors after an internal trial found them guilty of operating a robbery and extortion ring that targeted residents across Port Harcourt and…
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EFCC: UUTH VISIT WAS FOR DOCUMENT CHECK, NO ARRESTS OR ASSAULT MADE.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has refuted reports that its operatives arrested or assaulted medical staff at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital in Akwa Ibom State. The response…
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KANO POLICE ARREST SUSPECT, RECOVER 879 PARCELS OF CANNABIS.
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a suspected drug dealer and seized 879 parcels of suspected cannabis during an operation in Dawakin Tofa LGA. Officers from the Dawakin Tofa…
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CUSTOMS CONFISCATES $461,600 IN UNDECLARED CASH AT KANO AIRPORT.
The Kano/Jigawa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized $461,600 in cash that was not declared by two passengers arriving at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. Both individuals…
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POLICE LAUNCH CRACKDOWN ON OFFICERS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION IN RIVERS.
The Nigeria Police Force has moved against several officers implicated in kidnapping, armed robbery, extortion, and abuse of office in Rivers State. Some have been dismissed, others arrested, and all…
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BLESSING CEO CHARGED BY EFCC OVER ₦36M ALLEGED FRAUD IN LAGOS
Social media influencer and relationship therapist Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, known online as Blessing CEO, has been brought before a Lagos Federal High Court by the EFCC over claims of ₦36…
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ILLEGAL REFINERY BUSTED IN RIVERS AS TROOPS RECOVER 600 LITRES OF STOLEN CRUDE.
Soldiers from the 29 Battalion under Operation Delta Safe have shut down an illegal refining camp and recovered 600 litres of suspected stolen crude in Oyigbo LGA, Rivers State. The…
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EFCC HOLDS ENERGY COMMISSION DG OVER ALLEGED N500BN FRAUD.
The EFCC has detained Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, as part of a probe into alleged money laundering involving N500 billion. Abdullahi was taken into…
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NDLEA CONFISCATES ₦10.4BN CANNABIS CONSIGNMENT AT TINCAN PORT.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has taken possession of 4,173.5kg of Canadian Loud, a high-potency cannabis strain, at Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The consignment is valued at ₦10.4…
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POLICE ARREST SUSPECTS, RECOVER BISHOP’S VEHICLE IN ANAMBRA.
The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested two suspects and recovered the stolen Toyota Land Cruiser belonging to the late Bishop Chinedu Clarence James. According to the Anambra State…
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OGUN CUSTOMS SEIZES GOODS WORTH N6.7BN IN FIVE-WEEK SMUGGLING CRACKDOWN.
The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has confiscated smuggled goods valued at over N6.7 billion in just five weeks along the Idiroko border and other…
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TWO NIGERIAN CUSTOMS OFFICERS, CIVILIAN KILLED IN KEBBI BORDER ATTACK.
Suspected Lakurawa terrorists struck Bachaka, a border town in Argungu LGA of Kebbi State, killing two Nigeria Customs Service officers and one local resident. The Kebbi State Police Command confirmed…
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FORMER POWER MINISTER SALEH MAMMAN GETS 75-YEAR SENTENCE.
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced ex-Minister of Power Saleh Mamman to 75 years’ imprisonment in absentia for money laundering involving N33.8 billion. Presiding judge Justice James Omotosho…
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MILITARY CUTS OFF INSURGENT COMMUNICATIONS, RECOVERS 400 STARLINK TERMINALS.
Nigerian troops have seized over 400 Starlink satellite devices reportedly used by Boko Haram and ISWAP to coordinate attacks in the North-East. The operation was carried out by forces under…
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OGUN CUSTOMS CONFISCATES OVER 10,000 PARCELS OF CANNABIS WORTH N743M.
The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized 10,126 parcels of cannabis sativa across several locations in Ogun State. Officials placed the Duty Paid Value of…
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COURT ORDERS ARREST OF EX-MINISTER SALEH MAMMAN OVER ₦31BN TRIAL ABSENCE.
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Minister of Power Saleh Mamman after he failed to appear for…
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